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Like Angelina Jolie, journalist Lizzie Stark chose to have a preventative double mastectomy due to the presence of the BRCA gene. The author of the forthcoming book, "Pandora's DNA: How the Breast Cancer Gene Changed Everything," will be talking about gene testing, her experience and will be answering your questions. Join us Thursday, May 16, at noon.

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